Getting to E Pluribus Unum The expressive beauty of E Pluribus Unum as an American ideal arrived with the slow resolution of the founders’ essential tension. The members of the Continental Congress acted out the drama of autonomy versus community on a personal level, one with another. They grappled with the configuration of the American colonies, independently and in relation to each other, more like the sovereign countries of Europe than the states they eventually became. That is why it took so long for E Pluribus Unum to be approved. commandposts/2013/07/getting-to-e-pluribus-unum/
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